Pearson, the unlikely gladiator / edited by Norman Hillmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillmer, Norman, Author.

Contributor:

Hillmer, Norman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pearson, Lester B.

Biography.

Canada--Politics and government--1945-1980.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of essays marking the centenary of Pearson's birth, eighteen leading academics, journalists, public servants, and politicians recreate and reassess Pearson's premiership from 1963 to 1968. Robert Bothwell (Toronto) introduces Pearson the man and Denis Stairs (Dalhousie) presents his political ideas. Governor General award-winning author and journalist Christina McCall and J.L. Granatstein (Canadian Institute of International Affairs) compare Pearson and his nemesis, John Diefenbaker. Stephen Azzi (House of Commons) and Greg Donaghy (Department of Foreign Affairs) write respectively about the prime minister's relations with Walter Gordon and Paul Martin Sr. Tom Kent (Queen's) and Penny Bryden (Mount Allison) discuss the Pearson welfare state, while Claude Ryan, editor of Le Devoir in the 1960s, and Michael Behiels (Ottawa) debate national unity. Patrick Brennan (Calgary) looks at the media. Monique Bégin (Ottawa), Andrew Cohen (Globe and Mail), Blair Neatby (Carleton), and former public servants Ross Campbell, Al Johnson, Geoffrey Pearson, and Gordon Robertson gauge the scope of Pearson's legacy. The collection also includes an introduction by the editor and a foreword by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction: Pearson and the Sense of Paradox""; ""Canada's Moment: Lester Pearson, Canada, and the World""; ""Lester B. Pearson and the Meaning of Politics""; ""Pearson and Diefenbaker: Similar Men?""; ""The Unlikely Gladiators: Pearson and Diefenbaker Remembered""; ""Lester B. Pearson and the Conundrum of National Unity, 1963�1968""; ""Lester B. Pearson and Canadian Unity""; ""Prescience, Prudence and Procrastination: National Social Policies in the Pearson Era""; """"It Was Walter's View"": Lester Pearson, the Liberal Party and Economic Nationalism""

""""A Good Man for the Middle Innings"": Lester Pearson and the Media, 1963�1968""""Minding the Minister: Pearson, Martin and American Policy in Asia, 1963�1967""; ""LEGACIES""; ""Pearsonianism""; ""Pragmatism""; ""Continuity""; ""Reformism""; ""Consistency""; ""Duality""; ""Unity""; ""Notes""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85521-2

9786612855214

0-7735-6736-4

OCLC:

1394872692